*********************************************ABSTRACT: GS Chandy at <http://bit.ly/PfqJqt> wrote (liberally paraphrasing and drastically condensing); "Judging from his posts on the over 40-post Math-Teach thread 'Jo Boaler reveals attacks by Milgram and Bishop' at <http://bit.ly/Ty9tbf>, Robert Hansen is wrong in his claim that 'Education Research' is not 'Scientific Research.' "

To which Hansen at <http://bit.ly/RHESbF> responded with the following statement (paraphrasing) of which the 2nd and 3rd sentences are blatantly false (as I indicate in this post): "In scientific research, conclusions are tested repeatedly by many different researchers. In educational research, they are not. One does a study, claims success, publishes it and that is the end of it."

The National Academies' "Scientific Research in Education" at <http://bit.ly/VjrQaV> suggests six guiding principles that underlie all scientific inquiry, including education research: (1) Pose Significant Questions That Can Be Investigated Empirically, (2) Link Research to Relevant Theory, (3) Use Methods That Permit Direct Investigation of the Question, (4) Provide a Coherent and Explicit Chain of Reasoning, (5) Replicate and Generalize Across Studies, and (6) Disclose Research to Encourage Professional Scrutiny and Critique.

Hake, R.R. 2012. "Is 'Education Research' 'Scientific Research' ? YES!" online on the OPEN! AERA-L archives at <http://bit.ly/Vdj88z>. Post of 19 Oct 2012 13:11:11-0700 to AERA-L and Net-Gold. The abstract and link to the complete post are being transmitted to several discussion lists and are also on my blog "Hake'sEdStuff" at <http://bit.ly/OPmCjt> with a provision for comments.